Case studies

How growth-stage teams run on AethelLayer

Deeper stories from 55 to 75 person companies: finance, hiring, and risk with the stacks we recommend in onboarding.

Stripe · Ramp · QuickBooks · Slack · AWS Cost Explorer

14 min read

How a 65-person SaaS uses AethelLayer with Stripe + Ramp

With 65 people and two entities, runway math lived in four places. After Stripe, Ramp, and QuickBooks synced into AethelLayer, the COO got one Operations Score, FP&A stopped rebuilding Sunday models, and AR chases ran through Slack approvals. The board deck finally matched what Finance sent leadership on Monday morning.

12 hrs/week: Analyst time back from manual reconciliation

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Ashby · Greenhouse · Slack · Google Workspace · Ramp (headcount budget)

16 min read

How a 72-person SaaS uses AethelLayer with Ashby + Greenhouse

With 72 employees and twelve active reqs, eng hired in Ashby and everyone else in Greenhouse. Leadership could not see aggregate pipeline risk or comp exposure. AethelLayer synced both ATS tools, enforced bands before panel, blocked six offers in the first quarter, and put hiring next to runway in the Monday brief the CFO already read.

6 offers: Blocked pre-panel in first quarter at 72 FTE

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Google Workspace · Notion · Slack · Stripe · Ramp

15 min read

How a 58-person SaaS uses AethelLayer with Google + Notion

At 58 people they were big enough for auditors to care and small enough that compliance was still a side job for several people. Policies lived in Notion, access reviews slipped, and DPA renewals stacked up. After indexing Notion and connecting Workspace, SOC-2 completion went from 74% to 91%, GDPR map was customer-ready, and Legal escalations used the same Slack approval queue as finance.

74% to 91%: SOC-2 with owners at 58 FTE

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